Milk and Honey to go co-op?

In random nightlife news, a quick trip to Milk & Honey last night yielded a potentially interesting bit of information: Sasha Petraske, owner of the members-and-appointments-only speakeasy, is hoping to start a Rao's-like real estate situation for the bar in the near future. Regulars would essentially "own" their tables, and if they fail to show up on their given night, their card would be charged regardless. The bar's highly undercover modus operandi began not as a practice in snobbery, but because Petraske was renting space in the then-seedy LES from a middle school friend who lived upstairs and to whom Petraske made a promise he would never even know there was a bar beneath him. Hence the surveillance cameras, lack of signage, and strict door policy. Considering the abundance of wannabes now following in his "secret bar" footsteps, it seems a deluge of co-op bars can't be far behind...